Chicken-feeder.



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CHICKEN'FEEDER.

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` L LOUISO. ANDERSON, OEBRUNSWIGK,.MNNESOTA.

To allv 107mm t may/concern; l

Be it known that I, Louis O. ANDERSON, a

Citizen of uit United states, residing it Brunswick, in the county of Kanabec'and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chicken- Feeders, of which lthe following is a speciiication. A

f This invention has relation to poultry feeding devices, and the nature and objects thereof will be readily apparent to those skilled in the-art to which it appertains, rin the' light of the following explanation of the accompanying drawings, illustrating what I now believe to'be the preferredV embodiment or mechanical expression of my invention, from among other forms and arrangements within the spirit of the invention, or the scope of the appended claims.

However an object of the invention is to provide a poultry feeding device embodying means for supplying any desired quantity of feed from a main source 4ofsupply, and for automatically. cutting off further supply afterV the allotted quantity has beenv convide a poultry.V feeding device which is adapted. to4 be suspended ,for oscillation within reach of the poultry whereby the possibility of ,knocking Vover the ldevice or spilli-ng .the food is obviated.

' A still further object of the invention is lto provide a poultry Afeeding device of an extremely simple construction, permitting the device to be readily' taken' apartV for cleaningor -repairing the same.

In addition to the foregoing this invention comprehends improvements in the detailsiof l construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and particularly set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings in which like and corresponding parts are designated by the same reference characters throughout the several views in which they appear Figure 1 is a view in vertical section of a poultry feeding device constructed in accordance with my invention and Figs. 2 and 3 are transverse sections respectively taken on the lines 2 2 and 3 3 of the preceding ligure.

With reference to the drawings, 10 indi cates a hollow substantially conical drum member of sheet metal having an opening 11 in its frustum, and its lower periphery member engaging its lbase portion of the casing.

` the space between the conical Specification of Letters Batent. Patented Augrl, .1918. Application ii1ediu1y'1a1917. semaine. 180,200. i

outwardly as at 15 to extend parallel to the surface of the conical member but in spaced relation thereto, with the lower edge of said iared 'portion'spacedfrom the bottom of the trough.` Rivets or thev like'l may serve to connect the members together.

A feed regulating device is provided which is inthe rnature of a hollow Vcylinder 17o-f sheet' metal, open at each end and having a strip 18 extended diametrically across the 4upper end thereof. The lower end of the member 17 is bent inward and'downward as at 19 to tightly engage the conical member when said'feed regulatingdevice is at its lowermost'position. The device is suspended by means of a rod 2O which extends:y

through an 'aperture inthe cross piece 18. Rod 20 depends into the conical member 10 andl said member loosely'hangs on a head 21 of the rod inasmuch as the head of f greater diametery than the frustum opening offmember 10 and accordingly is impassabl-e through the saidopenin'g. *The upper end "of the rod may be providedwith an eye whereby the rod may be supported from any convenient. object. A cover is provided in the nature of aflconical member 22 having its apex apertured to receivethe rod,'said casing memberas indicated.

It will be noted that the feed regulating device lis nearly as long as the cylindrical In operation therefore, the feed is poured into the feed regulating device from the top after raising the conical cover 22 for that purpose.

A very important feature is the wall or skirt 15 inasmuch as it prevents poultry from interfering with the valve, thusovercoming undesired operation of the vvalve so as to render the automatic regulating feature practical.

To feed the material, the feed regulating device is raised by means of the cross piece, whereupon the feed falls by gravity through member 10 and the flared portion 15, and the feedv regulating device is released. As the material is taken from the trough, more falls from the source of supply to replace it. However,

portion over the `will descend because during this automatic feeding, the feed regulating device vgradually works its way downward until its inwardly directed portion 19 engages the cone member 10 whereupon further supply of material to the trough is cut ofi'. Obviously, if the feed regulatingdevice is initially raised to its highest point, a maximum amount of material will descend before the regulating device reaches its lowermost point; and conversely, if the regulating device is raised but slightly only a small quantity of material the regulating device will reach its lowermost point more quickly.

Having thus described my invention what claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A feeder having a container member, a drum spaced therefrom and fixed relatively thereto, means movable through and by the material within the container at a rate proportional to the rate at which the material is removed to thus cut off the supply of material, and means projecting below the first mentioned means to prevent interference by those fed with automatic action of the first mentioned means.

2. A feeder having a container member, a*

drum member therein spaced therefrom, one of said members having a substantially inclined wall, a dispensing means movable intermediate the. container member and drum member relatively to said wall, and one 0f said members having means to prevent interference by those fed with the dispensing means. l

8. A feeder having a container member, a drum member therein spaced therefrom7 a dispensing means freely movable intermediatc the container member and drum member, said dispensing means having a laterally extending wall to sustain the weight of the material and contact with one of the members to cut off the supply of material,

ve cents each, Washington, D. C.

and means for manual operation of the vdis- `pensmg means to dispose the dispensing a rate proportional to the rate at which the` material is dispensed, to close the outlet and means to 5. A feeder having a container, a drum in fixed relation therewith and spaced therefrom, a feeding trough extending outwardly from the drum at its base, dispensing means intermediate the drum and container to contact with one of the rst two mentioned parts, and a skirt to prevent interference by those fed depending from the container and terminating short of the trough to permit access thereto. y

V6. A feeder having a substantially conical drum provided with an outwardly extending trough adjacent its base, a container surrounding and spaced from the drum, a dispensing means movable vertically intermediate the drum and container, said dispensing means having an inwardly extending wall to contact with the eXterior of the drum, said container having a skirt extending below the dispensing means and terminating short of thectrough to permit access thereto, means toV suspend the drum, and a handle for the dispensing means through which the suspending means passes.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses. Y Y

LOUIS O. ANDERSON.

Vitnesses:

AND. SKOGLUND, L. P. SKOGLUND.

by addressing the Commissioner olatents,

revent interference by those fed c `w1th the dispensing means. 

